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Without a TV at my disposal, if I want to watch any of the World Cup games online, apparently there are ways to get it to work. But alas, after an hour of muddling through them, I couldn’t get it. Apparently the BBC is showing some of the games online, but you have to have a British ISP in order for it to work — in other words that old proxy trick won’t work anymore. I tried checking Australia’s SBS…

BBC: The Dutch ambassador to Estonia, Hans Glaubitz, is leaving the country, complaining of persistent racist and homophobic abuse. Mr Glaubitz said he and his partner, a black Cuban man, were regularly insulted when they went out. An Estonian foreign ministry spokesman said the men had been well received at an official level, but expressed “regret” over any public abuse. Mr Glaubitz is to be posted to Canada to become consul-general in Montreal. He told Dutch newspapers: “It is not…

2 BLEACHERS TIX – LA DODGERS VS. OAKLAND A’S – SAT JUNE 17 – $20 I have two bleachers seats to this game and would love to sell them for what I paid, or preferably, trade for like tickets for Friday night’s game (June 16). I live in Rockridge but work in SF, and can arrange pickup in either place.

Becky and I went to Vancouver the week after Memorial Day weekend. I won’t bore you with the details, but here are some of the highlights. – We departed Oakland on May 26, 2006. – We saw my old friend Katie Saxon and her master’s recital at the University of Oregon in Eugene. May 27, 2006 : – Then, en route to Sasquatch (in George, WA), we stopped in Portland. We tried to have lunch at the Montage Bistro, but…

We’re spending our last night camping outside Eureka, CA. We just had dinner at Hurricane Kate’s and are enjoying Arts Alive!, their summer outdoor festival. We’ll be home by tomorrow afternoon.

We’re staying in Vancouver Chinatown and saw a show at Yuk Yuk’s tonight. More later.

I’m on a road trip from now until June 5, headed to : – Eugene, OR – Sasquatch 2006 (George, WA) – Seattle, WA – Vancouver, BC – Waldport, OR – Eureka, CA We stopped in Yreka, CA en route to Eugene today and discovered that the Yreka Bakery is sadly no longer. Also, Mt. Shasta is really sweet. Tomorrow: A quick trip to Portland en route to Sasquatch.

c. 1980s JVC Stereo Receiver and Magnavox CD Player – $40 Toyota Car Radio Tape Player – $20 50 percent blog-reader discount applies.

Anyone interested in seeing a Sacramento River Cats (AAA) or Stockton Ports (A) game with me sometime in June?

I spent my lunch, accompanied by Paul Boutin, writing this: Xenii Xeni Coordinates: Ask Sergey Ask JBat Altitude: 100 feet above sea level 5’9″ in heels Posse: Kweli, Foxx, Coolio Cory, Pesco, Frau Hardware: (5) 2 x Technix SL-1200 MK6 prototype turntables (5) Rane 24-channel mixers 400,000 watts total Gold-plated MacBook Pro Telefunken 768B Uniblogger Wireless Studio Diamond earring that doubles as bluetooth headset Maximum Volume: 146 dB with sub-subwoofers engaged The time Wired killed her cover story Security System:…